From McDonaldization to place-based experience: revitalizing outdoor education in Ireland

To Identify the Effective Components on Policymaking based on Market-place in Iran's Higher Education

The main aim of this research was to identify effective components on policymaking based on the market-place in Iran's higher education. The research methodology was qualitative and Grounded Theory, and the data gathering tool was a semi-structured interview. The sampling method was purposive and 40 researchers and specialists of  technology, research and sciences ministry and universities of H...

Computing Branches Out: On Revitalizing Computing Education

Computing professionals are employed in so many different ways that it is difficult to even define the common foundation that all of them should master; however, a single degree program, computer science, is currently providing the training for most of these jobs. Computing education, following the model of engineering, may need to branch out into specialized degree programs to address the dive...

New Approaches to Problem-Based Learning: Revitalizing Your Practice in Higher Education

Gender: How does it effect the outdoor education experience?

As the literature about outdoor education grows, it is important that emerging trends are reviewed and the implications for practice discussed. Gender is arguably the most ubiquitous individual difference, and is attracting considerable interest in the outdoor education field. In spite of this trend, critical reviews of the anecdotal and research literature are lacking. This paper examines the ...

Web-Based Education: Learning from Experience

This chapter presents a case study of how a university responded to educational and technological change. After an introduction to Bocconi University (an Italian private business university) and the recent changes in the Italian university system, the case describes the initiation and management over three years of a project to integrate Webenhanced learning (WEL) into classroom-based courses. ...